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1 Art and design Africa Part 2

2 Africa: art and design Human Image

3 Head from Ife, Nigeria Mid-1300s-early 1400s Mask Bamum people, Cameroon Early 20 th century

4 Vessel by Magdalene Odundo from Farnham, UK 2000 Figure (nkisi) Kongo people, DR Congo Late 19 th century

5 Africa: art and design Painting

6 Crucifixion painting (detail) from Adwa, Ethiopia About 1855 Mummy portrait from Hawara, Fayum, Egypt AD 100-120

7 Rock painting San people, southern Africa Date uncertain Tomb-chapel painting from Thebes, Egypt About 1350 BC

8 Africa: art and design Sculpture

9 Carving of a king (ndop) Kuba people, DR Congo Late 18 th century Statue of Ankhrekhu from Egypt 1850-1830 BC

10 Masquerade outfit Chewa people, Malawi Late 20 th century Masquerade sculpture by Sokari Douglas Camp from London, UK 1995

11 Africa: art and design Textiles

12 Tunic (jibba) Mahdist State, Sudan Late 19 th century Cape (lamd) from Ethiopia Early 20 th century

13 Cloth (kanga) from Tanzania 2008 Skirt Kuba people, DR Congo Late 19 th century

14 Africa: art and design Tools, Weapons and Metalwork

15 Axe Nsapo people, DR Congo Late 19 th century Currency blade Bankutu people, DR Congo Early 20 th century

16 Sword (akonfona) Asante people, Ghana 19 th century Sword (kaskara) from Sudan 20 th century

17 Visit the main Museum website www.britishmuseum.org Explore contains over 4000 highlight objects from the Museum’s collection. You can use Explore to search for more objects from Africa. www.britishmuseum.org/explore/explore_introduction. aspx Download Part 1 of this resource for: Adornment Buildings and decoration Containers Furniture


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